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The article reports that a 60-year-old woman has become the first patient in Great Britain to receive stem cell therapy to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Topics discussed include the procedure carried out by Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England, the doctors' transplantation...

The article focuses on the advancements in managing diabetic retinopathy (DR) . It mentions fenofibrate which is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-Î± (PPAR-Î±) agonist suggested for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia and mixed dyslipidemia. It notes that stem cell therapy have...

The article reports on the early signs of efficacy of the human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived retinal pigment epithelium cells in treating macular degeneration, according to the hESC trial of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) Inc. in Europe. The patients who suffered from severe vision loss...

The article deals with early signs of efficacy demonstrated by human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived retinal pigment epithelium cells for the treatment of macular degeneration from Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) Inc. in the first patients in the hESC trial to be held in Europe. Initial...

The article discusses a report published in "The Lancet" by scientist Robert Lanza and colleagues that found that the vision of patients with retinal degradation improved after treatment with an injection of human embryonic stem cells.

The article focuses on the potential of stem cell therapy (SCT) to improve vision in patients with retina disease. According to Doctor Lucian V. Del Priore, the eye is the excellent target for SCT since refinement of surgical instrumentation allows cellular and subcellular scale tissue...

The article investigates the promise and dangers of stem cells in skin care. Dermatologist Dr. Michael H. Gold acknowledges the potential of stem cells as a growing medium in all aspects of medicine. The two major categories of stem cells include embryonic and adult. The impact of plant stem...

The potential of embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells to aid understanding of diseases and offer novel therapeutic strategies is providing new career opportunities in academia and industry, as highlighted by our two interviewees this month.

Discusses the importance of stem cells. Ability of stem cells to grow into replacements for many parts of the body; Different types of stem cells; Controversy surrounding the use of stem cells from human embryos; Use of therapeutic cloning, or cloning body parts from the patient's own body, to...